Browsing by Subject "Sweet potatoes"
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Genetics of continuous storage root formation and bulking in sweetpotato
(Makerere University, 2021-04)This dissertation draws attention to the need to breed for “continuous storage root formation and bulking” (CSRFAB) in sweetpotato which is an important trait for many small scale farmers who practice sequential or piecemeal ... -
Heritability analysis of drought adaptation traits in sweet potato.
(Makerere University, 2014)Sweet potato is a key food security crop in Uganda whose per capita consumption is third to bananas and cassava. Drought is among the major constraints to sweet potato production in Uganda. A part from decreasing tuber ... -
Microstructure and β-carotene bioaccessibility of processed and processed and stored orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas(L.)LAM)
(Makerere University, 2011-07)Orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) [(Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] are a good source of provitamin A carotenoids and their content of β-carotene is sufficient to meet vitamin A dietary requirements. They can therefore be ... -
Perceived benefits of participatory market chain approach in marketing orange fleshed sweet potatoes in Soroti District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA), a marketing methodology that brings together different actors of a market chain successfully fostered pro-poor market chain innovations in potato products in the Andes. This study ... -
Selected physico-chemical properties of traditionally processed orange-fleshed sweet potato (Ipomea batatus, L. Lam).
(Makerere University, 2009)The objective of the study was to determine the effect of traditional preparation and processing techniques on selected physico-chemical properties of two orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties. Proximate composition, ...